Appeal No. 2002-1533
Application No. 09/055,377
that rapidly cools a hot liquid to a warm range and then
maintains the fluid in the warm range for an extended period”
(specification, page 1). A further understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and
17 which appear in the appendix to appellant’s main brief.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Myers 1,679,621 Aug. 7, 1928
Zimmerman et al. (Zimmerman) 2,876,634 Mar. 10, 1959
Staggs 5,271,244 Dec. 21, 1993
THE REJECTIONS
The following rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) are before
us for review:
(1) claims 1, 10-12 and 39, rejected as being unpatentable
over Zimmerman in view of Staggs;
(2) claims 17, 18, 26-28 and 35-38, rejected as being
unpatentable over Zimmerman in view of Myers; and
(3) claims 29-31, rejected as being unpatentable over
Zimmerman in view of Myers and further in view of Staggs.
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